"Long Mo, do you know him?" Hu Jiaojiao turned around and asked curiously.
"I don't know him." Long Mo replied calmly, "I just met an orc before, and his name also had the word silver in it."
After he was driven out of the tribe, he had a very hard time surviving in the forest. Once he was surrounded by wild beasts and an orc named Yin saved his life.
As far as he knew, that tribe was the only one with the surname Yin.
"Really? Maybe the people you met were from Yin Gu's tribe." Hu Jiaojiao guessed in a low voice.
Long Mo pursed his lips and said in a deep voice, "I'll go with you."
Hu Jiaojiao nodded and did not refuse.
Lu Mian'er delivered the message and left, tactfully not disturbing the young couple.
There was a follower following the two of them. Long Mo noticed it but didn't care.
The two came to the wooden house where Yin Gu was settled.
Yin Gu was slightly stunned when he saw a stern male following Hu Jiaojiao. Then he gave a friendly smile and supported his upper body to sit up from the bed.
Yin Cang, who was standing by, hurried to help him, but he was gently pushed away.
"Yin Cang, you go out first." He said gently.
Yin Cang frowned and did not move, as if he was worried about leaving the cabin.
"Be obedient." Yin Gu emphasized his voice.
It still sounded gentle and not very intimidating, but Yin Cang knew that he would be angry if he didn't leave.
Yin Cang looked at him solemnly, and finally left the wooden house obediently.
Soon, there were only three orcs left in the room.
"What's the matter with you calling me here?" Hu Jiaojiao spoke first, breaking the silence.
She looked at Yin Gu with strange eyes, and felt that something seemed to be wrong with him.
Yin Gu seemed to have become very energetic, and his weak and pale complexion had improved a lot. If Hu Jiaojiao hadn't known that he was poisoned, she would have thought that he was about to recover.
For some reason, the words "last glimmer of light" appeared in Hu Jiaojiao's mind.
Long Mo's eagle-like sharp eyes fell on Yin Gu, making him feel under great pressure, and he found it difficult to say the words he had prepared.
"I want to thank you for saving us." Yin Gu said with gritted teeth.
"If you want to thank someone, then thank the chief. He was the one who brought you back. I just happened to find you."
Hu Jiaojiao waved her hand and didn't care about it.
Yin Gu shook his head stubbornly, "You are a kind female. Without you, we might not be alive today."
As he spoke, he looked out the door, a hint of tenderness in his dark eyes.
"His name is Yin Cang, he is my younger brother. He can't speak and has always rejected contact with orcs. You are the only orc he is willing to touch."
Hu Jiaojiao suddenly understood.
No wonder I haven’t heard him say a word since the cub woke up, it turns out he is a mute.
"I know I won't live long. I watched Yin Cang grow up. If I die, I don't know how he will live..."
When Yin Gu talked about his death, there was a smile on his face, but when he mentioned Yin Cang, the smile turned bitter.
"So..." He glanced at Long Mo, then suddenly turned over with difficulty and knelt on the ground.
"I would like you to take Yin Cang in!"
He prostrated himself and made a sincere and humble request.
"He's a good cub, obedient and capable of working, as long as you give him something to eat..."
"If you're willing, I can make him your female cub's beast slave as a reward for you."
Hu Jiaojiao was startled and hurried forward to help him up.
Before he could touch Yin Gu, Long Mo behind him had already stood between the two of them and lifted Yin Gu back to the bed.
"He doesn't need to become a beast slave."
Fox Jiaojiao comforted.
"Don't worry, the chief will allow him to stay in the tribe and will not drive him away."
As for taking in Yin Cang, she had never really thought about it.
There are already five cubs at home, and she is not so loving as to pick up every cub she sees and bring it home to raise.
Yin Gu fell back on the bed, and when he heard Hu Jiaojiao's tactful refusal, his face instantly turned pale and weak.
What he just said was true.
He knew very well what kind of person Yin Cang was.
If he was gone, with Yin Cang's stubborn character, he would starve himself to death and would not have any contact with other orcs.
"Who is Yin Lei to you?" Long Mo's low voice came out suddenly.
"How do you know him?" Yin Gu looked up in astonishment, "He is my father."
A ripple flashed across Long Mo's deep eyes.
"Ten years ago, Yin Lei saved my life."
In his memory, he was a sturdy and brave male. The first thing Yin Lei said after saving him was: "I also have a cub as big as you."
That's why Yin Lei couldn't bear to save him.
I guess the cub he was talking about at that time was Yin Gu.
After Yin Lei saved him, he also killed the prey and roasted the meat for him.
That was the first barbecue Long Mo had eaten since he was born.
Yin Lei took care of him like an old father, and kept nagging him about how he had a beautiful partner who had just given birth to his second cub.
Because he had to hurry back to bring food to his partner, Yin Lei waited until he was full and then left.
Long Mo still remembers the smile in his eyes when he left.
A rough and sturdy man, but with a bright smile on his face.
At that time, he did not understand the existence of the word "home". In his eyes, it was a cold and boring place.
While thinking, Long Mo's eyes fell on Hu Jiaojiao who was standing beside him. It was not until today that he understood Yin Lei's mood at that time.
"I see."
Yin Gu suddenly realized, his face still full of surprise.
Unexpectedly, the orc his father had saved had now saved the two brothers by accident.
"Why are you here? Where is Yin Lei now?" Long Mo asked in a deep voice.
"He... died ten years ago." Yin Gu answered with a sad face.
Long Mo's eyes darkened.
Ten years ago, wouldn’t that be after Yin Lei went back
Yin Gu twitched his lips and said with a wry smile:
"Our tribe has a rule that prohibits us from interacting with orcs from other tribes. If we mate with orcs from other tribes, we will be expelled from the tribe. My father fell in love with an orc from another tribe, so he took my mother and lived in the forest."
"We were living a peaceful life, but who knew that an orc in the tribe knew my mother's identity..."
He knew he was going to die, so he stopped hiding it and told Long Mo everything he knew.
Yin Lei's partner is from the fantasy beast clan.
The fantasy beasts are a race that exists in legends just like the elves. The power of the beast god flows in their blood. It is rumored that drinking the blood of the fantasy beasts will make one invincible.
After the orcs of the tribe learned her identity, they began to trick Yin Lei into bringing her back to the tribe.
Yin Lei saw through their thoughts, and took his partner and Yin Gu to change residences frequently to avoid them. Unfortunately, his partner was pregnant again, and for the sake of her health, they could no longer move frequently.
They could only live in a hidden cave temporarily.
The peaceful days lasted until Yin Cang was born...